Maine’s two commercial casinos reported combined revenue of $12.6 million in December, up 1% year on year, according to figures published by the Maine Gambling Control Unit. Slots generated $10.8 million, up 2.5%, while table-game revenue fell 7.7% to $1.8 million.
The regulator’s figures show differing year-on-year trends in Maine casino slots and table games.
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Maine’s two commercial casinos generated a combined $14.2m in March, according to figures published by the Maine Gambling Control Unit. Slot revenue was $12m, down 0.9%, while table games produced $2.15m, down 3.7%. Oxford Casino reported $8.2m in revenue and Hollywood Casino $6m.
Maine’s Gambling Control Unit reported that the state’s two commercial casinos generated $12.7m in February, up 9.1% year on year. Slots contributed $11.2m, up 14.8%, while table games produced $1.5m, down 19.6%. Oxford Casino recorded $7.3m in revenue and Hollywood Casino $5.4m.
Maine lawmakers approved LD 1164, which would allow the state’s four Wabanaki Nations tribes to offer online casino games through third-party operators, and Governor Janet Mills could veto it. The Maine Gambling Control Board asked Mills to reject the bill, warning that excluding two commercial casinos could affect nearly 1,000 employees; a poll cited in the report found 64% of voters opposed legalisation.
Maine’s two commercial casinos generated $13.4m in November, according to figures published by the Maine Gambling Control Unit. Revenue rose 3.3% from the same month a year earlier; Oxford Casino recorded $8m and Hollywood Casino $5.4m.
A Quaest poll found that 16% of respondents who were optimistic about Brazil's future cited regulation of betting and social media as a source of hope under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. That group represented 44% of respondents, making the combined issue about 7% of the full sample; the poll did not separate betting from social-media regulation. The survey interviewed 2,004 people from 30 October to 2 November.